Lifting and moving device.



H. KENYON.

LIFTING AND movme DEVICE.

APPLICATION HLED FEB. 20' 1915.

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Patented Feb. 8, 1916] H. KENYON.

unms AND MOVING DEVICE.

' APPLICATION FILED FEB- 20, I915- 1,170,757. Patented Feb. 8, 1916.

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THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH .C0., WASHINGTON, D. c.

H. KENYON.

LIFTING AND MOVING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 20, 1915.

1,170,757. Patented Feb. 8, 1916.

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WITNESSES: I l/VVEIVTOR AM ffi aa BY QA TTORNEYJ I To all whom it mayconcern: 7

' wimp smarts Arnwr rue HOWARD KENYoN, or HOUSTON, TEXAS.

' LIFTING- AND MOVING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 8, 1916.

Application filedFebruary 20,1915. Serial no. 9,522. 3

Be it known that I, HowARD KENxON, a citizen of the United States,residing at: Houston, in the county of Harris and State of Texas, haveinvented certain new jandf useful Improvements in Lifting and MovingDevices, of which the following is a speci: fication. i

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in a lifting, andmoving device. The object of the. invention is to provide a device ofthe character described specially adapted for the purpose of'sustainingthe weight of and moving heavy machinery,

' such as ditching machines, over marshy or soft earth, but may also beusedforcarrying any kind of heavy objects:

A further object of the invention resides inthe-provision of a device ofthe character described consisting of a frame work normally supportedupon carrier wheels, and embodying also supporting runners,vertically'movable relative to-the frame work, which may be withdrawnfrom contact with the surface of the groundfwhen the machine is passingover firm ground,b ut

when soft or unstableearth is encountered,"

may belowered relative to the framework so asto lift said frame workandwheels and sustain the entire weight of the load.

\Vith the above and other objects in view, the invention has particularrelation to certain novel .features 'of construction,

devices. Fig. 4, shows a vertical sectional:

view thereof. Fig. 5, shows a rear view of thedevice, as sustained bythe wheels. Fig.

,6, shows a transverse sectional view, taken on the line aa ofFigQ, andshowing the load'being sustained by the runners. F1g. 7, shows aplanview of the device. -F1g.- 8,

shows a sectional view, illustrating the methods of securing the drumsemployed, to the traction Wheels, and, Fig. 9, shows a sectional view ofthe lifting device, taken on the line b-fb' of Fig. 3.

Referring now more particularly to the, V drawings, wherein likenumerals of refer i: ence deslgnate-slmilarparts in each of the figures,thenumerals 1,; 1, refer to the side members of the supporting framework, which are'preferablyformed of I- beams, connected at their frontends by a suitable .cross' beamfl. The side members carry,respectlvely,.alinedbearings 3, 3, fixed to the rear ends thereof and inwhich the respective ends of the rear axle 4, rotate. Thls axle hastraction wheels 5, 5, fixed thereon suitably spaced apart andlocatedbetween the side members, and the crossbeam 2, 'has a centrally locatedforwardly extending, bearing member. 6, having :a

vertically extending bearing, through which .the. shaft .7, 1 extends.Fixed to the lower.

end of this shaft is the bearing member 8,.

having a transverse socketJin which the front axle 9, rotates, and fixedto the respective ends of "this axle are. the guide wheels, 10, '10.Side runners '11, 11, are

provided, 'which'extend substantially the entire length of the framework and are arranged on each side thereof, and have both their frontand rearfends.upturned as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Each runner is Vformed of a bottom plate 12, upon whichis i. mounted a pluralityof Ibeams 13, '13, 13,

which are fixedv to said plate, suitably spaced apart and are of equallength there "with having their front and rear ends upturned to conformto the shapeof the plate. Mounted upon theserunners, between thetraction and guide wheels *and secured.

thereto and suitably spaced apart, are suitable supporting plates 14:,14:, 14,-said plates" of one runner being in alinement with thecorresponding plates of the other runner,

and fixed to each plate in transverse alinement are the bearing members15, 15, having internally threaded sockets therein,

threaded into which are the lower ends'of the exteriorly threadedvertically extending shafts 1.6, 16. Three pairs of cross I beams 17,17,17, areprovided, the beams of each pairi'being' connected by bridges,'as18, each of which has a vertical bearing to receive the correspondingshaft 16. :Each of said shafts 16,- isenlarged above and below itscorresponding bridge 18, forming the bearing h'eads -19 and'QO, whichhold each bridge in a fixed position, relative to the corre-"- whichoperates towind. the cables (24:, .24.-,-'-

around the drums; to-Which the cables-are at-i sponding shaft. Therespective bridgeslS,

support, the corresponding ends of the cross.

I beams 17, Which in turn support the side members 1, l, and therespective ends of the pairs of cross I beams 17, are secured againstlateral displacement by means of the braces 21, 21, fixedon thecorresponding plates 14, on each side, of said pairs.

Fixed upon the rear axle 4-, outside of the traction Wheels 5, 5, arethe respective drums 22, 22, having circular end plates, the lumenendplate of eachdrumis securedto the spokes of the correspondingtraction Wheels by U bolts, as 23, Which are securedito said plates andpass around said spokes Cables, as 24, 24, have one end Wound aroundthese drums and the cables passrearward-1y =be= tween pairs 25, 25, ofpulleys, rotatably mounted on the -cross-brace 26,connect1ng* therear-ends of the-runners,andfthe other ends of these cables may beattached-to a suitable stationary object.

nershaving awide under surfacewvill' support the entire load. withoutsinking; into the earth.

The deviceqherein described is pa-rticue larly adapted. :to be.used.for,supporting-. a;

ditching. mechanism known; as the; dnagrline. ditcher, and the completedevice is 1n., con= stant movement along-the. line.:of thedltc-h,

as the excavation proceeds. While the rune. ners are being employed to;support and transport the. device, .a suitable. engine (note shown),vis. inoperative connectionawith.the traction Wheelshaft 4c, andsogearedthere- With as.v to impart .a. slow rotation; thereto tached.

Theexcavation bucket employed in the operation of the ditcher issuspended fromaaw boom-,:and in order to discharge the load the boom andbucket are swung. around ftozthcw side of themachine and the. bucketthereemptied. The..-Weight of the loadedibucket has; a tendency to:cause the. machine tortip over andwerezit not for theside runners,spudstor sidebraces Would have to beemployed to prevent themachineyfromacap sizing.

may belo-Wered into contact With the-surface of the ground, as showninnFig. 1, and they When the machine is onfirmv ground,'the front endsof the side-runners" will act as braces to prevent the turning over ofthe machine; and the cross braces 17, may be of" any'desired'length,according to the length of the. boom employed. lVhen the machine isbeing sustained entirely upon the side runners they form a Widesupporting base and prevent the overturning of the machine in operation.

While I have shown only one form of this device, it is obvious that themechanical structure thereof may be varied Without departing from theprinciple of the invention, and I hereby: reserve the: right to makesuch changesth'ereinas may be-found necessary so. long as l keep withinthescope oftheappend-ed claims.

What I claim is:

1.' A' device of the character describedincluding a frame-Workconsisting of sidemembers and cross beams arranged in pairs andsecuredito said si-de members, a pair of runners; upstanding bracesarranged in pairs an'd fixed :to the runners, the ends of the respectivepairs'of tcross beams being-arrangedbetween the members. ofthecorrespondingpairs of braces, bridges connecting said pairs ofbeamsat theirrespective ends,

bearing members havinginternally threaded sockets-fined to said runnersunderneath the respective bridges, vertical fshafts threaded into saidsockets and whose upper ends support'therespective bridges and by-themanipulation. ofwhich sai d bridges and the frame-Work supported thereby"may be raised and lowered; V I

2. A device ofithe character .zde'scribed including ia-frame-Work'mountedupon carrier whee-ls an'd-consisting: of side members and crossbeams. arranged in pairs and securedto said side members,:a pair. ofrunners, upstandingbraces arranged in pairs and fixed to therunners, theends of the respective pairs :of cross beams being arranged between themembers of the corresponding pairs of brac.es, bri:dges secured tosaidpa'irs of beams 'at their. respective ends, bearing members havinginternally threaded sockets fixed to said. runners underneath therespective bridges, vertical shafts threaded into said sockets and Whoseupper ends support the respective .bridges and by the manipulation ofwhich said bridges and the frame-Work supported thereby may be raisedand loWered,.rela-tive to said runners.

8. A devicewof the character described includingrawframe-work mountedupon carrier- Wheels and consisting-10f sideanembers andcross-Ebea-mssecured thereto, aspair of runners,".upstandingbracesarranged in pairs and fixed -to the runners, the endsof thecross-.beamsubeing; arranged between the members of. the '-correspondingpairs of braces-bridges secured'to said beam-s at their respective ends,bearing members having in ternal threaded. sockets fixed to thesaidruntical shafts threaded into said sockets and ners nnderneath therespective bridges, vername to thls speclficatlon'ln the'presence of twosubscribing Witnesses.

HOWARD KENYON.

Witnesses I E. L. CATHEY, I LOUISE CATHEY.

Whose upper ends have swivel-connections with the respective bridges andby the manipulation of Which the frame-Work and runners may be elevatedand lowered relative to each other.

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In testimony whereof I have signed my

